HOMILY WEEK 03 03 Soul Gardening: Living Word and Covenant Relationship (Heb 10:11-18; Ps 110; Mk 4:1-20) *************************************************** Gardening can, and should be, a spiritual experience. The liturgy today invites us to attend to the garden of our soul, where the living Word of God can bear the fruit of an intimate covenant relationship with […]
Category: Ordinary Time
Role of the law-love-doing the will of God
HOMILY WEEK 03 02 Law, Love and the Will of God (Heb 10:1-10; Ps 40; Mk 3:31-35) *********************************** What happens when a lawyer falls into a pool of sharks? Nothing – professional ethics! That is probably a bad lawyer joke, but it serves to set the context for the struggle humanity has with legalism versus […]
Jesus-Messiah-Word of God-Sunday 03 C
HOMILY SUNDAY 03 – C The Liberating Power of God’s Word (Nehemiah 8:1-4a, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19; 1 Cor 12:12-3-; Lk 1:1-4, 4:14-21) ************************************************************ Has the Word of God ever moved you to tears? Appreciate the Liberating Power of God’s Word. In 586 BCE the Israelites were conquered by King Nebuchadnezzar and banished to exile […]
Sts Timothy and Titus-Radical Discipleship-Redemptive Suffering
WEEK 02 06 The Reign of God, Radical Discipleship and Redemptive Suffering: Memorial – Saints Timothy and Titus (2 Tim 1:1-8; Ps 96; Lk 10:1-9) ********************************************************* Two sentences connect the readings today on this memorial of Timothy and Titus. Paul, in the first reading to Timothy, invites him to join in suffering for the gospel. […]
St Paul-Conversion-Transformation-Evangelization
HOMILY – FEAST OF THE CONVERSION OF ST PAUL (Acts 22:3-16; Psalm 117; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 16:15-18) ********************************************************** Pope Benedict XVI declared June 2008 to June 2009 the Year of St. Paul. In doing so he stated this special year presented us with an opportunity to learn more about the man, Paul of Tarsus, […]
Homily-St Frances de Sales-Covenant-Week 02 04 Year I
HOMILY WEEK 02 – 04 Year I Living in an Intimate Covenant Relationship With God Memorial: St Frances de Sales (Heb 7:25-8:6; Ps40; Mk 3:7-12) *********************************************** A young man shared a dilemma with a friend. He was in love with two young women. One was a wonderful baker, and the other a wonderful poet, and […]
Homily, Jesus Christ, Peace, Attitudes – Week 02 03 Year I
HOMILY WEEK 02 03 Year I Towards a More Peaceful, Pure Faith (Heb 7:1-3,15-17; Ps 110; Mk 3:1-6) ******************************************* Which of the following statements resonates most deeply with you: Law and legalism, or love and relationships? The readings today invite us to deepen our faith in Jesus as Son of God and King of Peace, […]
Week 02 02 St Vincent, Covenants of Hope and Love
WEEK 02 02 Covenants of Hope and Love Optional Memorial: St Vincent of Saragossa (Heb 6:10-20; Ps 111; Mk 2:23-28) ************************************************ “God is ever mindful of his covenant.” That sentence from today’s psalm, along with the two disparate readings (the first reading and the gospel are not as connected as usual), combine to invite us […]
New Wine, New Wineskins, St. Agnes, Purity, Chastity
WEEK 02 01 New Wine, Fresh Wineskins Memorial: St. Agnes of Rome (Heb 5:1-10; Ps 110; Mk 2:18-22) *************************************** Would you like to experience the eternal salvation mentioned in the first reading? According to the author of Hebrews, all we need do for that to happen is to obey Jesus. The liturgists chose the readings […]
TRANSFORMATIVE FAITH – HOMILY SUNDAY 02 C
Transformative Faith (Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 96; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2:1-12) ********************************************************* Cardinal John Henry Newman once said, “To live is to change; to have lived well is to have changed much.” My brothers and sisters, pray for transformative faith in Jesus. We have just completed the Christmas season and today are celebrating the second […]
